Summary:
ZIP code 53168 is home to a single elementary school — Salem Elementary, a PK–8 school with 936 students located at 8828 Antioch Rd in Salem, Wisconsin, and part of the Salem School District.
Because this ZIP code has only one school, there are no other local schools to compare it against, and for test scores, chronic absenteeism, and dropout the district figures are identical to the school's own. Its clearest academic strength is middle-school math: in 2025–2026, 8th grade math was 69% proficient versus 53.67% statewide (15.33 points above), with 7th grade at 62.75% and 6th grade at 61.46%, both above state. Science came in above state in both tested grades that year. Non-academic indicators are favorable as well: chronic absenteeism is 13.8% versus 17.3% statewide, the reported dropout rate is 0.0% versus 1.1%, per-student spending is $15,295, the student-teacher ratio is 14.4, and 32.37% of students qualify for free or reduced lunch.
The most pressing concern is early literacy. In 2025–2026, 3rd grade ELA was 42.71% proficient versus 52.08% statewide and 4th grade ELA was 43.48% versus 53.87% — roughly 9–10 points below state. Eighth grade ELA was 47% versus 54.38%, and 5th grade math has been below state in both reported years. Overall results slipped: the all-test average moved from 56.9% in 2024–2025 (about 2.7 points above state) to 54.6% in 2025–2026 (about 0.5 points below), while the school's rank fell from 3 stars and the 63rd percentile in 2023–2024 to 2 stars and the 42nd percentile in 2025–2026.
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